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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1947
Page
2
A man returned George Meinecke’s tools lost from his car in Mount Dora and Meinecke, who advertised for the tools, offered a reward in the Florida daily. A stranger appeared with the tools on publication day after Meinecke placed a 25 cent ad in the Topic. No name was given.
Sorrento welcomes Mr and Mrs Russell Williams from Tangerine and notes Mrs Williams is the former Francis Hudson. The Presbyterian Missionary Society hosted a lunch at Mrs Bert Pim s home with gifts exchanged. Home Economic Club will attend the county meeting in Tavares today with Sorrento ladies as hosts. Christmas meetings are planned for tomorrow with gifts exchanged. A dog named Skip Py is found. Christmas service at Sorrento Presbyterian Church December 21 at 5 PM features The Nativity in nine parts. Robert Carl Gosnell entered the U S Navy in January 1944 trained in Maryland served 22 months at sea earning American and European ribbons and the Middle East campaign stars.
Zera Adams and her children find contentment in a newly completed veteran housing project home. Her husband John was killed in the Battle of the Bulge. The Felton Dean family, a fellow veteran, bought the house through the Veterans Home Service program, one of the first completed units.
Chet Conelly, veteran contractor for Pine Crest housing, reviews blueprints with sub contractor Bert Andrews. The Veterans Home Service Organization includes Tom Cooley district commander of the American Legion, George White bank president, Mayor J Fortner and Roy Christopher.
The feature describes a veteran moving into a newly built home in Mount Dora funded via a Veterans Administration loan arranged with White acting as an intermediary. The house features a 12x20 living room, 20x12 kitchen dining area, multiple bedrooms, copper plumbing, eight inch block construction, reinforced footing, and termite fire and rat resistance. The piece also notes a parade of residents and workers connected to the project and community.
The individual received two medals, the Eastern Ribbon and the Victory Ribbon, and was discharged in May 1946.
The narrative traces George Keller’s rise as a Linotype salesman for Mergenthaler, his Florida focus, and a half million dollar boom. It covers his marriage to Edith Edeburn, Mount Dora Topic editing, and the 1925 purchase, 1930 sale back, and continued tenure as a Topic publisher and Mergenthaler representative. It notes Keller’s long life, final resignation at 75 in 1940, and his extensive descendants including Leslie Keller. Mount Dora Golf Club greens fee listed.
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